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AAS Calendar of Coming Events

August 2008 | September 2008 | October 2008 | November 2008

AAS star party schedule for 2008

2009 star party schedule

Observing Calendars and Astronomy & Space News

Aug. 8: Monthly club meeting
Aug. 12/13: Perseid meteor shower maximum (Moon phase not good in the evening but good after moonset)
Aug. 15: Moonlighting at Wild Basin
Aug. 16: Full Moon
Aug. 30: New Moon
Aug. 30: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* star party
Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
August meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
August Space Calendar
Spaceflight Now Worldwide Launch Schedule
Lunar Phases Calculator and Moon Phase Calendar
Observing Calendars and News

*NOTE: Public Observing Nights are open to the public; Members Only Nights are reserved for AAS members and their invited guests.

Sep. 12: Monthly club meeting
Sep. 15: Full Moon
Sep. 19: Scheduled launch of Chandrayaan 1 (India's first lunar mission)
Sep. 20: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* star party
Sep. 22: Equinox
Sep. 27: AAS Members Only Night* star party
Sep. 27-Oct. 5: Okie-Tex Star Party
Sep. 29: New Moon
Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
September meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
September Space Calendar
Spaceflight Now Worldwide Launch Schedule
Lunar Phases Calculator and Moon Phase Calendar
Observing Calendars and News

*NOTE: Public Observing Nights are open to the public; Members Only Nights are reserved for AAS members and their invited guests.

Oct. __: Expected launch of Shenzhou 7, Chinese human spaceflight
Oct. 3: Star Gazing at Wild Basin
Oct. 3-4: Central Texas Star Party (CTSP)
Oct. 5: Rescheduled launch of IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer)
Oct. 8: Rescheduled launch of Shuttle Atlantis on STS 125, Hubble Servicing Mission 4
Oct. 10: Monthly club meeting
Oct. 12: Scheduled launch of Soyuz TMA-13 on ISS 17S carrying members of Expedition 18 crew
Oct. 14: Full Moon
Oct. 18: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* star party
Oct. 21: Orionid meteor shower maximum (Moon phase not great)
Oct. 25: AAS Members Only Night* star party
Oct. 27-Nov. 2: Eldorado Star Party
Oct. 28: New Moon
Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
October meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
October Space Calendar
Spaceflight Now Worldwide Launch Schedule
Lunar Phases Calculator and Moon Phase Calendar
Observing Calendars and News

*NOTE: Public Observing Nights are open to the public; Members Only Nights are reserved for AAS members and their invited guests.

Nov. 1: AAS Members Only Night* star party
Nov. 2: End of Daylight Saving Time
Nov. 7: Star Gazing at Wild Basin
Nov. 11/12: Scheduled launch of Shuttle Endeavour on STS 126 on ISS assembly flight mission ULF2.
Nov. 13: Full Moon
Nov. 14: Monthly club meeting
Nov. 22: AAS/COE Public Observing Night* star party
Nov. 27: New Moon
Nov. 29: AAS Members Only Night* star party
Heavens-Above information for Canyon of the Eagles (satellite predictions and astronomical data for the current date)
November meteor shower radiants (Gary Kronk)
November Space Calendar
Spaceflight Now Worldwide Launch Schedule
Lunar Phases Calculator and Moon Phase Calendar
Observing Calendars and News

*NOTE: Public Observing Nights are open to the public; Members Only Nights are reserved for AAS members and their invited guests.

April 8: Total solar eclipse in Central Texas! (See more detailed information from Fred Espenak's "Solar Eclipses: 2021-2030".) (-:

Contact the Austin Astronomical Society.
This page was last updated on August 5, 2008.